A comprehensive assessment of fungal communities in various habitats from an ice-free area of maritime Antarctica: diversity, distribution, and ecological trait

• Published in: Environmental Microbiome
• Main Authors: Tao Zhang, Dong Yan, Zhongqiang Ji, Xiufei Chen, Liyan Yu
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2022
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Microbiology; QR1-502; Antarctic; Fildes; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-022-00450-0; https://doaj.org/article/c18ea0a9c74b469eaa7a5567b4cb2810

Abstract Background In the ice-free area of maritime Antarctica, fungi are the essential functioning group in terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Until now, no study has been conducted to comprehensively assess fungal communities in various habitats in Antarctica. We aimed to characterize fungal comm...